Amish people who decide to leave their community to live in "English," or non-Amish American, culture are typically around 18 years old and have limited resources. In Greenwich, Ohio, the faith-based ...

When Judy Stavisky began trading free car rides to Amish women in exchange for talk time, she wasn’t setting out to write a book or to make lifelong friends. But that’s exactly what happened to the ...

A Works Progress Administration study conducted during the latter years of the Great Depression found that Lancaster County’s Old Order Amish comprised the most economically and culturally stable ...

Unidentified Maker from the Lapp family, Smoketown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, “Lone Star / Star of Bethlehem” (c. 1935–45), cotton and wool, 81 x 82 inches (205.74 x 208.28 cm) (all photos Julie ...

The video shows young women in traditional dress reacting with surprise as the filmer approaches, sparking debate over privacy, rumspringa, and the nuances of Anabaptist technology rules. A video ...

On a chilly morning this past January, the writer Lucinda J. Kinsinger strapped her baby daughter into her car seat and drove two-plus hours from her home in rural Oakland, Maryland, to Waynesboro, ...

Andrew Troyer's Rope Company, which began as a school project, now supplies major retailers like Tractor Supply. Many Amish businesses, such as Chupp's Country Cupboard, thrive on word-of-mouth and a ...

Season 7 of Return to Amish premiered in March 2023 and featured Fannie Schmucker among its cast. Schmucker was born into a particularly strict sect of the Amish community, and the 20-year-old doesn’t ...

As Amish communities expand across the US, old practices are colliding with modern health codes and testing the limits of religious freedom ...